About the IUPS Physiome Project

The primary sponsor of the Physiome Project is the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) under the auspices of the IUPS Physiome and the Bioengineering Committee: co-chaired by Professor Peter Hunter (The University of Auckland, NZ) and Professor Aleksander Popel (Johns Hopkins University, USA).

A Technical Committee of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) was formed by Nigel Lovell, Poul Nielsen and Peter Hunter.

International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)

  • Co-chairs of the IUPS Physiome and the Bioengineering Committee: Peter Hunter and Aleksander Popel
  • Professor Jim Bassingthwaighte, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington
  • Professor Rafael Beyar, Director, Invasive Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center
  • Professor Andrew Greene, Director, Bioengineering and Biotechnology Center, Medical College of Winsconsin
  • Professor Peter Hunter, Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
  • Professor Virginia Huxley, University of Missouri School of Medicine
  • Professor Fumihiko Kajiya Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Okayama University
  • Professor Richard Kitney, Department of Bioengineering Imperial College Londaon
  • Professor Nigel Lovell, Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales
  • Professor Andrew McCulloch, Cardiac Mechanics Research Group, Bioengineering Dept, UCSD
  • Professor Denis Noble, Oxford Cardiac Electrophysiology Group, University of Oxford
  • Professor Aleksander Popel, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
  • Professor Axel R. Pries, Department of Physiology, Free University of Berlin
  • Professor Rod Smallwood, Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Sheffield University
  • Professor Jos Spaan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS)

  • Nigel Lovell, Semahat Demir, and Peter Hunter are Adcom members of EMBS.
  • International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
  • Fumihiko Kajiya and Ofer Barnea are on the IFMBE technical committee.